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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required;
- Example: "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
[syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shortfall
    n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less
         than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from
         the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional
         deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]